2022 Women, Science, and Technology (WST) Distinguished Lecture

Dr. Anna Branch, Senior Vice President for Equity at Rutgers University, will present on "Work in Black and White in the Knowledge Economy".

Anna (Enobong) Branch, Ph.D. is a scholar and strategist who helps move organizations and leaders from well-meaning to well-doing. She is the senior vice president for equity at Rutgers University, and provides strategic leadership for equity in research, education, and community engagement throughout the University. Prior to joining Rutgers University, Dr. Branch served as associate chancellor for equity and inclusion at the University of Massachusetts–Amherst. A professor of sociology, Dr. Branch’s commitment to advancing equity extends to research on labor and work and the historical roots and contemporary underpinnings of racial and gender inequality. She is the co-author of Work in Black and White: Striving for the American Dream (2022); coauthor of Black in America: The Paradox of the Color Line (2020); editor of Pathways, Potholes, and the Persistence of Women in Science: Reconsidering the Pipeline (2016); and author of Opportunity Denied: Limiting Black Women to Devalued Work (2011). Dr. Branch serves on advisory boards of the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Action Collaborative, the Association of American Universities' Racial Equity Advisory Board, and more. Dr. Branch received her Ph.D. in sociology from the University at Albany, SUNY and her B.S. in biology from Howard University.

To RSVP, please contact Dr. Mary Fox at mary.fox@gatech.edu.